Welcome to the Slovenian national section of the CEC-WYS website. In this section you will find information, documents, legislation about gender equality and young scientists in Slovenia, information about gender studies in Slovenian higher education and research institutions, organisations concerned with gender issues and presentations of Slovenian women scientists.

 

Basic facts about the Republic of Slovenia/ Republika Slovenija (SI)

 

Area	20 000 km²
Capital city	Ljubljana
Population	2 million
Ethnic profile	Slovenes (87.8 %), Croats (2.8 %), Serbs (2.4 %), Muslims (1.4%), Hungarians (0.4 %), Italians (0.2 %), others (5 %)
Religion	Predominantly Roman Catholics (70%)
Form of government	Parliamentary Republic
Currency	The Slovenian Tolar (Slovenski Tolar) 1 € = 240 Tolar (SIT)[1]